Crossword clues for linotype
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linotype \Lin"o*type\, n. [See Line; Type.] (Print.)
A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic.
The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. -- Lin"o*typ`ist, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1886, American English, trademark name (Mergenthaler Linotype Co.), from line o' type, for a composing machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899) in widespread use in newspaper production early 20c.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once. 2 The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines. vb. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
Wikipedia
Linotype may refer to:
- Linotype machine, a typesetting machine, once commonly used for newspapers
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company (later, Linotype GmbH), a type foundry that produced the first linotype machines
- Linotype (alloy), a group of lead alloys, used in linotype machines
Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloys used in manufacture of type, each with three to five sub-classifications.
One alloy is composed of lead with 4% tin and 12% antimony.
Usage examples of "linotype".
Two large ancient-looking presses stood against the far wall, a smaller handpress on a table near the door, and, nearer the door, was a vast, complicated machine from another century, which I thought was probably a Linotype.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom had not only been given the trappings of a marbled slipcase, leather binding, and beautiful endpapers, it had been printed like the King James Bible itself, on Bible paper, set in double columns of linotype.
From my overcoat--to the oldest linotype in the composing room--to the copies of the Banner on newsstands--to this penthouse--to my wife.
I told you I did anything -- use a stick or linotype, run a job press, make cuts, write copy -- anything.
A linotype machinist by trade, he was born in Wakita, Oklahoma, attended Clarendon College and the University of Oklahoma, and worked as a printer, editor and newspaperman in several western cities.